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Lares, Lares, Puerto Rico
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Lares is a barrio in the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,405.[3][4][5]
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History
Lares was in Spain's gazetteers[6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Lares barrio was 1,954.[7]
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Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] and subbarrios,[14] in turn, are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[15][16][17]
The following sectors are in Lares barrio:[18]
Camino Obispo, Cuesta Mayía, El 25, La Sabana Sumidero, Las Casetas Capotillo, Las Tres Marías, Sector Jobos López, Sector Jobos Mario, Sector La Sierra Tatí, Sector Las Minas, Sector Los Muros, Sector Manolo Toledo, Sector Miján Parcelas Miría, Sector Palmarllano, Sector Sierra Miría, Tramo Carretera 111, Tramo Carretera 134, and Urbanización Villa Palmira.
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Features
Facilidades Recreativas Edelmiro “Mirito” Jiménez is a recreational facility and mini baseball stadium named after Edelmiro “Mirito” Jiménez,[19] located on PR-111 in Lares barrio.[20]
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